Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ný bók farin í prentun og verður með í jólabókaflóðinu í ár! Útgefandi Bjartur Veröld. 0291
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 05/08/2026An Arctic tern in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. 2162
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton’s imagination library has given over 320 million books to kids. She was an unparalleled force of good. Rest in peace. imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 0203
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Total eclipse of the sun, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. 2230
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 05/08/2026An Arctic tern in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. 2162
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirÞórdís Gísladóttir @thordisg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Ég er að byrja með röð sjálfstæðra þátta á RÁS 1 kl. 10:15 í fyrramálið. Fyrsti þátturinn hefur yfirskriftina „Dæmd í vændishús“ og þar er rakin saga konu sem fæddist í Hafnarstræti í Reykjavík en varð seinna krimmi og njósnari í útlöndum. 1172
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2026“Lipurt spil hjá Fílbeiningum.” Lipurt málfar hjá íþróttafréttamanni @ruv.is 👌🏻🇨🇮⚽️ 050
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Midnight in Iceland, June 20th. 443473
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 03/06/2026What does the whale use to write a follow up to his first novel? A sea quill. 0120
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A huge congratulations to my sixth cousin @hildur.bsky.social on her new book Dead Weight, out today! 🥳 Translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com 2201
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A common Icelandic saying is hefur marga fjöruna sopið = has sipped many beaches. It refers to someone who’s been through a lot and grown from it. The origin comes from seals: the mother must bring her young to a beach to drink, and the more beaches a baby seal has drunk at the stronger it becomes. 2284
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A common Icelandic saying is hefur marga fjöruna sopið = has sipped many beaches. It refers to someone who’s been through a lot and grown from it. The origin comes from seals: the mother must bring her young to a beach to drink, and the more beaches a baby seal has drunk at the stronger it becomes. 2284
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap 190
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Calendar 581
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 06/10/2025A huge component of imposter syndrome is overestimating how qualified everyone else is. 3719
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 09/05/2026We have a word in Icelandic for when someone eats a lot of blueberries and their mouth turns blue. Berjablár or berry blue. 2646
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 09/05/2026You haven’t lived until a seagull has taken a hot dog, with only one bite taken out of it so far, from your hand and flown away with it. 4342
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Finnst að það eigi að vera hægt að gera fólki leik rétt eins og óleik. 190
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Líkurnar á því að það verði rok og rigning þegar sólmyrkvinn kemur? 50-50? Meira, minna? 2110
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirLauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 30/04/2026As both a bookseller and a parent of two teenage boys, trust me: if you want your young men to read enormous books with obsessive zeal, buy them the Dungeon Crawler Carl series (or borrow it from the library). 4537
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 23/04/2026A marvelously succinct articulation @winterjessica.bsky.social “chatbots are manipulative and dangerous, that A.I.-image generators are loosening our collective grip on reality, that large language models are built atop industrial-scale intellectual-property theft.” www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...newyorker.comWhat Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ... 160
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Grjónagrautur með óþeyttum rjóma út á. Það var ekkert. #matarblogg 230
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The word narwhal is apparently derived from the Icelandic náhvalur. Nár is dead human body, hvalur is whale. It’s said it’s because medieval sources describe náhvalur using their enormous tooth to eat men who had died at sea. Or, that the gray, pasty skin of náhvalur recalls that of a dead body. 37415
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Nú þegar prófatíð fer að skella á kemur hér sögustund frá 👵🏻🦕 Hér áður fyrr voru einkunnir fyrir kúrsa (já kúrsa) settar í möppur sem geymdar voru á göngum háskólans. Til að vita hvort það einkunnir voru komnar þurfti að fara upp í skóla til að gá. Til að skoða einkunn varð að fletta upp í möppunni. 270
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 15/04/2026“”I just use it for research. It only gets things wrong or hallucinates crazy stuff 30 percent of the time.” I don’t need a research assistant that gets things wrong 30 percent of the time. I can do that myself. Are they trying to replace me?” @colsonwhitehead.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This 070
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 11/04/2026It also keeps women on edge in their first jobs, knowing this is a pattern/possibility. A burden their male counterparts do not have. 337013
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 10/04/2026@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social ‘s new book carries a hopeful message and is a reminder of how far we’ve come even though progress isn’t completely linear. Onward. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...bookshop.org 040
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One of the indignities of getting older they don't warn you about is getting a hangover without having gotten drunk. 2210
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Daffodils are called Easter Lilies/Páskaliljur in Icelandic. 3163
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Have one with everything but the raw onion! “Eina með öllu nema hráum.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/d...nytimes.comInflation Hit Iceland Hard. Even Its Beloved Hot Dogs. 170
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Hibiscus is called Havaí rós in Icelandic, or Hawaii rose. 🌺 1131
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 20/03/2026PSST! You still have 5 days to enter the giveaway for Dead Weight! Nightfire is giving away 50 copies*! As ever, I would appreciate if you’d share this post and even add the book on Goodreads. Apparently Goodread adds matter a lot in some algorithmic way that is beyond me. *for U.S. residents onlygoodreads.comBook giveaway for Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir Mar 11-Mar 25, 2026Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Mar 11-Mar 25, 2026. Enter for a chance to win an ARC of Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdót... 23018
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 19/03/2026“There is no way to know how many crimes have not been committed because the chance of escaping unpunished had shrunk in a society now more ready to listen to women and girls” Fantastic and encouraging essay by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comThe one thing everyone gets wrong about feminismPeople love to declare the death of the women’s movement, pointing to the ‘failure’ of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don’t give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca Solnit 0144
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirLiza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Today’s moment of calm Just think, in April, which isn’t far off now, all over the islands that are off the coast of Pembrokeshire, puffins will return to have their babies in their burrows. Thousands of them coming from far & wide to grace us with their charm and beauty. Life goes on regardless 018636
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Would YOU like to win an arc of my new book DEAD WEIGHT? If yes, click this link to enter*: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... PS I would very much appreciate it if you shared this post for me friends 🙏 *US residents only 4205141
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 08/03/2026When I was little I thought Daylight Savings was a bank. 1263
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 24/02/2026PSA from an Icelander in NYC: If you don’t have snow boots, put on some warm socks, put plastic bags on your feet over your socks and then put on your shoes. Tried and true. ❄️ 1235
Reposted by Birna Anna BjörnsdóttirBirna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 13/02/2026If you’re cracking a raw egg and putting It on the pan or in a recipe, you must crush the eggshell fully in your fist before throwing it away, otherwise a fisherman will die. Crushing the eggshell is called: saving a fisherman’s life. (Icelandic superstition.) 510013
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Thrilled to see my cousin @hildur.bsky.social ‘s novel in one of my all time favorite bookstores, Three Lives & Company in New York City. 1302
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Icelandic uses various animal poop in insults. Examples: Sparðatíningur (lamb poop picking) = you’re nitpicking. Kríuskítur (arctic tern poop) = you’re super pale. Tittlingaskítur (small bird poop) = doesn’t matter/small fry. Taðskegglingur (horse poop beard) = you’ve such a bad/nonexistent beard. 414748
